Falkland Islands

• Monday, April 7th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  “Good cruise” season

  Punta Arenas port authorities and officials from the Maritime Chamber agreed that the 2002/2003 cruise season was “good”, with sixty vessels visiting Punta Arenas and Puerto Natales between November 10 and April 4.

• Friday, April 4th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Fisheries News.

  Headlines: Global conference on deep sea fisheries; New Marine Reserve Bill creates a furore; NZ marine farmers unsettled by delays in reforms;

• Friday, April 4th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update

  Headlines: St. Brandon owners may be next coastal shippers; Meat meets problem; Immigration changes; Quality of life kept; Suspicious package proves harmless.

• Friday, April 4th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Actualización Penguin News

  Titulares: St Brandon podría ser el próximo operador costero; Problemas con la carne; Cambios migratorios; Calidad de vida y presupuesto; Falsa alarma con paquete sospechoso.

• Thursday, April 3rd 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  To Antarctica and back during 30 years.

  THE British Antarctic Survey (BAS) loses a unique character this month, with the retirement of Captain Stuart Lawrence.
  
  Captain Lawrence (59), who has visited the Antarctic every summer for the past thirty-three years, made his final Antarctic voyage in charge of the RRS Ernest Shackleton last month.

• Thursday, April 3rd 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  “Malvinas are and will be Argentine”

  Argentine president Eduardo Duhalde speaking in Puerto Madryn during the main commemoration of the Argentine landing in the Falklands 21 years ago that led to the full fledged 1982 South Atlantic conflict said that the “Malvinas have been, are and will be Argentine”. However he repeatedly insisted that the Argentines are committed to peace.

• Thursday, April 3rd 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Two candidates favour contacts with Islanders

  The five main candidates for the Argentine presidential election next May 25 favour intensifying diplomatic actions to recover the Falkland Islands and all similarly criticize the current caretaker administration of President Duhalde for its “passivity” regarding the issue.

• Wednesday, April 2nd 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Pte. Duahlde in “Malvinas” commemoration.

  Argentina will remember today with several ceremonies the 21st Anniversary of the April 2 Falklands landing in 1982. Most commemorations have been organized by Malvinas veterans and caretaker president will be present in Puerto Madryn, Chubut province, where a Monument to the Malvinas Combatant will be unveiled together with two statues from a well known local sculptor.

• Wednesday, April 2nd 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Fisheries News

  Headlines: Super squid surfaces in Antarctic; Common name; Spain reveals fleet renovation rules; Fisheries policy reform meeting held in Canary Islands; Russia plans return to Latin American waters; Squid fishers challenge government; Red tide levels drop in south Chile; Funds for fleet modernisation in Brazil; Trawler ban in the Mediterranean; Gibraltar's blackspot seabream gets quality label; E U approves changes to decommissioning funds...more.

• Tuesday, April 1st 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Fisheries News.

  Headlines: Galician in the forefront of joint ventures; Sea lion deaths halt squid fishing; Punta Arenas resumes sea urchin fishing; Success of the Irish seafood industry; Pay dispute over toothfish;